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After touring a National Institutes of Health lab where scientists are developing a leading Ebola vaccine candidate, President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to approve $6 billion for relief efforts in Africa and research in the U.S.

The best way to stop Ebola from spreading across the world is to contain it now by bringing all infected patients here (or to other developed nations) where we are better able to provide excellent care and bring the outbreak under control.

As the U.S. government has stepped up its efforts against the deadly spread of Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in West Africa in recent months, federal and military personnel in and around Maryland have joined the fight

Thomas A. Cebula, a lauded microbiologist who helped develop ways to speed up the identification of dangerous pathogens and taught as a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University, died Wednesday at Union Memorial Hospital following a heart attack. He was 67.

Follow-up on Ebola, with Dr. Robert Gallo and president of the Baltimore-based Global Virus Network

Publicity from Ebola may have spurred an uptick in influenza vaccination

Possible ebola patient currently in isolation at University of Maryland Medical Center

Travelers to Maryland from three West African countries where Ebola continues to spread could be quarantined at home or barred from public transit depending on their risk of exposure to the deadly virus, according to guidelines Gov. Martin O'Malley announced Monday.

Ebola outbreak requires strict quarantine of West African nations

Federal health regulators have tapped Johns Hopkins Medicine to lead development of a Web-based tool to train doctors, nurses and other health care workers on the protocols they should follow when treating patients with, or at risk of contracting, Ebola.

Maryland health officials designated three hospitals to receive Ebola patients in Maryland — including Johns Hopkins Hospital and University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore — changing course from previous plans almost two weeks after the virus spread to two nurses in Texas and as a new case emerged in New York.

Diagnosing and tracking breast cancer may someday be possible through simple needle prick

A Dallas nurse being treated at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda after contracting Ebola has been upgraded from fair to good condition, the institute announced Tuesday.

Dan Rodricks finds the wrong villain in Ebola research debate.

There is no need for panic over Ebola, but there is need for concern about the CDC, writes Leonard Pitts Jr.

As public health officials seek to get an Ebola vaccine to Africa as soon as possible, human trials are being conducted in Baltimore, Silver Spring and Mali by University of Maryland scientists and other researchers.

As the Ebola virus kills seven out of 10 who contract the disease in West Africa (says the World Health Organization), and as officials in the U.S. work to contain it and develop a vaccine, warnings from Gallo and Sommer bear repeating, especially in a country that considers itself medically and scientifically exceptional.

The CDC's bumbling response to the first cases of Ebola in this country hardly inspires confidence

Seeking to allay fears after an Ebola patient was transported to Bethesda, Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday state public health officials are on guard to contain the virus, though they will likely see more scares and possible cases.

The medical community has learned much about preventing epidemics since the deadly influenza spread of 1918, making an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. less likely.

To stem the threat from Ebola, close our borders now

The Hospital and Health Department are prepared for Ebola, however unlikely it might be

A local longshoremen's union in Baltimore temporarily stopped work loading domestically-used vehicles onto a ship bound for West Africa out of fear of Ebola on board, as an infected Dallas nurse is transferred to NIH in Bethesda.

As officials investigate how the nurses contracted Ebola despite following safety guidelines, caregivers in Maryland are examining if they have the training and equipment to protect themselves should the virus travel here.

Susan Reimer on crazy Ebola talk

The CDC needs to get to the bottom of how a nurse in Texas became infected with the virus despite following rigorous safety protocols

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene confirmed the first flu case of the season on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Forty health care workers in Mali are receiving a vaccine that guards against the Ebola virus as a University of Maryland School of Medicine center launches the first human trials of the experimental vaccine.

Health experts say vaccination now can protect all season

U.S. faces a challenging fight against a dreaded disease in West Africa

Federal officials announced Wednesday that they plan to screen international passengers for Ebola at five major U.S. airports, while hospitals around the country continue to isolate patients showing Ebola-like symptoms.

In the last few weeks we've heard a lot about the Ebola epidemic and work to contain its spread and potentially tragic consequences. But influenza is a preventable infectious disease that represents a much greater risk to the health of Marylanders.

Officials at Washington, D.C. area hospitals ruled out Ebola in two patients who were suspected of having the deadly virus as national and local health authorities sought to reassure the public that they were prepared for an outbreak.

While Maryland health officials urged caregivers this week to be alert for possible Ebola virus cases, they were also quick to emphasize there are other – perhaps more contagious – pathogens for which they are also monitoring.

Maryland public health officials are putting caregivers — from Baltimore's major teaching hospitals to strip-mall urgent care centers to ambulances — on heightened alert for signs of Ebola as details emerge about missteps in Dallas where a man with the deadly virus was initially sent home from a hospital.

An Ebola case in Dallas shows just how easily the deadly disease can spread to America — and fall through the cracks of our health system

An American doctor who contracted Ebola while volunteering to treat patients with the virus in Sierra Leone was admitted to the National Institute of Health in Bethesda on Sunday, the institute said.

The fatal rabies virus is held at bay by pet vaccination and reporting animal bites